CLARK SPRING TRAIL #40
CLARK SPRING TRAIL #40 Clark Spring Trail Clark Spring is bone dry. Like many water features in drought-stricken Arizona, the ordinarily moist natural fountain that trickles into a sandy drainage in Prescott�s Granite Mountain Recreation Area isn�t flowing this year. Although lack of winter snow and rain has caused the spring to regress into a barely discernable trench, the riparian corridor it feeds along Clark Spring Trail #40 is alive and well. Even without springtime waterworks permeating the area with lacy rivulets and clear cascades, a hike along this stunningly diverse trail makes for an afternoon of fun and discovery. Riparian corridor on Clark Spring Trail The scoured, mile-long gully near the spring that hosts a community of willows and cottonwoods is just one part of a multi-faceted trip through jumbled terrain just a few miles north of downtown Prescott. Finding the trail is a little tricky. Wild candytuft blooms February through August Be...